I expored the idea of technology as icon, and how we cling to it's apparent ability to unify us, to bring us closer....when often it seems to alienate, or fail us, in our attempt to make real connections to others....

Encaustic painting for January group show invitational "The Collective" in Gallery 360, Vancouver WA

Macro of spiky alien flowers

Detail of wax figures......from "Memory Garden"

final touches/extra limbs added to 'Can You Hear Me Now?'.....

closeup of little light bulbs on cyber cross...

Text on base reads, "Sustain this souol of mine" and "Who is there?"

'When night came, I felt still more lonesome' this rerally spoke to me, as this piece is about lonliness and communication in the digital age...

Text on antique sheet music entitled,"Call upon the Lord"

Well, I can't believe I did it, but I finally pulled myself out of a period of stillness and managed to complete a few ideas that I have had on the back burner for a long time. Inspired by new creative friends and a renewed enchantment with unusual challenges and themes, I feel grateful and energized to be doing what I love to do...the painting especially gives me such a sense of timelessness and peace it is truly meditative..I do not realize that six or seven hours pass and yearn to stay with it...but life calls! All work can be found online in my Etsy store, or locally at Gallery 360 111 West 9th St Vancouver Washington ...Thank you to everyone who has made my experience with these great members possible...or at the following local establishments: The Catalyst 1901 Main St Vancouver, Wa, or at one these businesses; Starting Grounds in Battleground vancouver, Wa, or Fusion Bubble Tea on Mill Plain in Vancouver, Wa, or possibly Umpqua Bank or watch for my first solo show this coming October 2012 at the Brickhouse!